{"id":12174,"date":"2021-09-16T03:54:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T03:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/canadas-mad-max-supports-bitcoin-says-i-hate-how-central-banks-are-destroying-our-money-and-economy\/"},"modified":"2021-09-16T03:54:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T03:54:10","slug":"canadas-mad-max-supports-bitcoin-says-i-hate-how-central-banks-are-destroying-our-money-and-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/canadas-mad-max-supports-bitcoin-says-i-hate-how-central-banks-are-destroying-our-money-and-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s \u2018Mad Max\u2019 Supports Bitcoin \u2014 Says \u2018I Hate How Central Banks Are Destroying Our Money and Economy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Maxime Bernier, a former cabinet minister nicknamed \u201cMad Max\u201d and the leader of the People\u2019s Party of Canada (PPC), says he supports bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. \u201cI hate how central banks are destroying our money and economy \u2026 cryptos are another new and innovative way to counter this that should be encouraged,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Mad Max\u2019 Supports Bitcoin and Crypto<\/h2>\n<p>Maxime Bernier, the leader and founder of the People\u2019s Party of Canada (PPC), has revealed his support for bitcoin and cryptocurrency. He is a former Canadian foreign minister whose supporters have nicknamed \u201cMad Max.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to an EKOS poll, the PPC has 9% support nationally, which is higher than the Green Party but well below Justin Trudeau\u2019s Liberal Party and Erin O\u2019Toole\u2019s Conservative Party, each with around 30%.<\/p>\n<p>Bernier tweeted Tuesday:<\/p>\n<p>Many people are asking if I support bitcoin and cryptos. Of course I do! I hate how central banks are destroying our money and economy.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI\u2019m more of an old-fashioned gold &amp; silver fan, but cryptos are another new and innovative way to counter this that should be encouraged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- growjs zone placement 31 -->    <!-- end of growjs zone placement --> <\/p>\n<p>Bernier has long been vocal in criticizing how his government\u2019s policies hurt the economy and the people. On June 9, he commented on the Bank of Canada holding the current level of the policy rate, tweeting: \u201cYes, continue to print money, debase the dollar, force all prices higher, impoverish the poorest, fund Trudeau\u2019s gigantic deficit, distort the economy, fuel the housing bubble, and artificially boost the stock market, you moronic Keynesian bureaucrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In August last year, he tweeted in response to the news of the U.S. Federal Reserve making a major commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/federal-reserves-inflation-ramp-up-drives-institutional-investors-hedge-with-bitcoin\/\">ramping up inflation<\/a>. He wrote:<\/p>\n<p>These crazy Keynesian bureaucrats will do everything to dilute the purchasing power of your dollars and make you poorer.<\/p>\n<p>He noted at the time that \u201cThe Bank of Canada studied the same policy some years ago and may implement it too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What do you think about Bernier\u2019s comments and his support for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin News<br \/>\nFeatured, Canada, canadian politician, mad max, Maxime Bernier, Maxime Bernier bitcoin, Maxime Bernier crypto, Maxime Bernier cryptocurrency, people&#8217;s party of canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maxime Bernier, a former cabinet minister nicknamed \u201cMad Max\u201d and the leader of the People\u2019s Party of Canada (PPC), says he supports bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. \u201cI hate how central banks are destroying our money and economy \u2026 cryptos are another new and innovative way to counter this that should be encouraged,\u201d he said. \u2018Mad Max\u2019&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain-news","category-coin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}